Montblack wrote:

I think I've inherited that
particular clutter gene. It's the gene that makes us put things on the
stairs (like a staging area) instead of putting them away in the first
place.

Me too. In fact, the current generation in my family claims that "Patterson" is
actually ancient Gaelic for "packrat". I started to draw up a coat of arms with
a shield marked with bags of junk, flanked with two packrats rampant, and the
legend "I discard nothing" in latin. Got it about half done; it's in a drawer.
Somewhere ......

George Patterson
Some people think they hear a call to the priesthood when what they really
hear is a tiny voice whispering "It's indoor work with no heavy lifting".